Mahjong Solitaire is a video game known also under the name of Shanghai or simply Mahjong. Press to select the subsequent layout in the Select Layout dialog box. Press to select the previous layout in the Select Layout dialog box. Rotate – changes the direction / isometric view of the board.Ĭlose – closes currently opened dialog box or drop-down menu.

Shuffle – randomizes locations of tiles that has not been yet removed from the board.

Hint – highlight two tiles that can be removed in the next move, as long as such tiles exist. Options – select background, tile shape and color, glyph styles, as well as other options like for example playing sounds. Select layout – allows to select layout, difficulty level, and deal number as well as to check statistics. If you have a choice of removing a tile standing free or a tile blocking others, you should choose the latter. 3) Try to maximize the number of available tiles. 2) If you notice two tiles belonging to the same class on top of each other, prioritize removing the top tile of this pair – if you remove the remaining two tiles from this class first, you will get stuck and the game will be lost. Three pieces of advice for beginners: 1) pay attention to the board and try to unlock those tiles that you will need. Both those classes can contain four different tiles, however in some tile sets tiles even in those classes are identical. The only exceptions are the class of plants and the class of seasons. Most classes contain four identical tiles.

There are 36 classes of tiles, containing four tiles each, which adds up to the total of 144 tiles. In other words, available tiles are those which can slide left or right without moving other tiles in the meantime. If a given tile is covered by another tile or blocked both from left and right, it is unavailable and cannot be removed. Moreover, only available tiles can be removed. Tiles can be removed only in pairs, as long as both tiles belong to the same class. The objective of a Mahjong Solitaire game is to remove all tiles from the board.

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